FIVE TOWNS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

🌳Matureactive
08403880 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2013-02-14
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of religious organisations
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (6 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
35 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees300300

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-31
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  3. 2023-12-22
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  4. 2022-12-22
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  5. 2021-12-22
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  6. 2021-01-28
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-24
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-01-04
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  9. 2018-04-18
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    officers · CH01
  10. 2018-01-05
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-03-13
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    HODGETT, Mark David appointed
    director
  12. 2017-03-13
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    WEATHERS, Christopher John appointed
    director
  13. 2017-03-13
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    officers · CH03
  14. 2017-03-13
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  15. 2017-03-13
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  16. 2017-01-06
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  17. 2016-10-09
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    officers · TM01
  18. 2016-10-07
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    HOLLAND, Keith resigned
    director
  19. 2013-02-14
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    Company incorporated
    As FIVE TOWNS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
  20. 2013-02-14
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    HODGETT, Mark David appointed
    secretary
  21. 2013-02-14
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    JONES, Philip Antony, Dr appointed
    director
  22. 2013-02-14
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    KAYE, Simon Peter, Dr appointed
    director
  23. 2013-02-14
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    WEATHERS, Brian appointed
    director
  24. 2013-02-14
    ➕
    HOLLAND, Keith appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2013-02-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC94910 — Activities of religious organisations

Registered office

Five Towns Christian Fellowship Beancroft Street
Half Acres
Castleford
West Yorkshire
WF10 5RR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last: 2026-02-14

Officers (6 active · 1 resigned)

HODGETT, Mark David→
secretary · appointed 2013-02-14
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Active
HODGETT, Mark David→
director · ~49y · appointed 2017-03-13
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Active
JONES, Philip Antony, Dr→
director · ~58y · appointed 2013-02-14
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Active
KAYE, Simon Peter, Dr→
director · ~57y · appointed 2013-02-14
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Active
WEATHERS, Brian→
director · ~75y · appointed 2013-02-14
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Active
WEATHERS, Christopher John→
director · ~44y · appointed 2017-03-13
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Active
HOLLAND, Keith→
director · ~68y · appointed 2013-02-14 · resigned 2016-10-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (35 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-02-28